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District of West Vancouver Considers
2010 Rentals for Winter Games
The 2010 Olympic welcome mat is maybe coming
to West Vancouver as the District Councilors debate whether or
not the change bylaws that would allow residential unit rentals
during the Winter Games. According to the staff reporter, Rebecca,
for the North Shore Outlook, West Vancouver 2010 rentals currently
restrict short-term rentals shorter than 29 days as specified
by the district bylaws.
Right now, a staff report coming from the District of West Vancouver
Council explained that the city is considering changing the bylaws
that would allow for temporary West Van 2010 rental accommodation
during the 2010 Games. With over three hundred and fifty thousand
visitors coming to Greater Vancouver to experience this once in
a lifetime event and with sixty per cent of these people coming
from out of town, West Vancouver 2010 rentals and hotel accommodation
are in very limited and short supply. As a venue city (Cypress
is hosting many events), West Vancouver 2010 rentals currently
consist of just one single motel and five bed and breakfast operations,
which is clearly not enough to house the many thousands of spectators,
media and tourists. With the current bylaws in place, short term
West Vancouver 2010 rental accommodation is a no-go. However,
the council realizes that there will be many problems leading
up to the games if the short term West Vancouver rental inventory
is not increased. If the bylaw is adopted on July 20th, single
family homes may be rented out in whole or up to two bedrooms
per household to increase the rental West Vancouver 2010 accommodation
stock on the North Shore. The bylaw will restrict the West Van
2010 rental to two occupants per bedroom and in addition, the
renters will not have access to the cooking facilities in the
home. In addition, the West Vancouver home owners who opt to rent
their single family West Van 2010 homes will have to provide off
street parking too. There are 2 requirements for the West
Vancouver 2010 Olympic rentals: 1) an inspection
by the fire department (with a passing grade) and 2)
a business license of $150 (one-time fee for
operation of the short term West Vancouver 2010 rental). Enforcement
is only complaint driven and once the business license and inspection
are fulfilled, the District of West Vancouver will help promote
the Olympic rental.
West Vancouver Tenants are Worried and Concerned
about 2010 Olympic Evictions
According to the North Shore Outlook’s Rebecca Staff Reporter,
there are growing concerns in the District of West Vancouver by
tenants who fear evictions by landlords and homeowners during
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. These ‘Olympic
evictions’ are just some of the issues that tenants have
brought to the District of West Vancouver, voicing their concerns
about affordable housing, evictions during the Games and legal
issues. With the 2010 Olympics fast approaching, many West Vancouver
tenants have physically approached the district of West Vancouver
regarding their concerns about Olympic evictions that may take
place later this year or early next year before the Winter Games
starts. They are afraid that landlords will kick them out to take
advantage of the higher rental income that can be had during the
West Vancouver 2010 rentals period. Just last week in July 2009,
the West Vancouver council agreed and voted in favour of a new
bylaw that would allow landlords and property homeowners to rent
rooms and entire West Vancouver 2010 rental homes during the Winter
Olympic Games. However, just like in the City of Vancouver’s
bylaw that was passed, after August 1st, 2009, West Vancouver
home owners will not be eligible for a 2010 rental license if
a current tenant complains that they are being evicted to make
room for Vancouver 2010 rentals.
However, West Vancouver does have a ‘concerned tenants’
registry which protects tenants from evictions for Olympic rentals.
This official registrar helps cross reference tenant complaints
with home owners applying for the Vancouver 2010 rental license.
However, in North Vancouver, the city has NOT yet passed or amended
any bylaw that would allow for short term 2010 rental accommodation
(suites or rooms or homes). According to the Impact of Community
Coalition, all cities within the Lower Mainland have to take extra
precaution in dealing with short term rentals and the tenant eviction
issue. As with Expo ’86, it was noted that over one thousand
tenants were evicted to make way for short term expo rentals.
West Vancouver’s Olympic rental bylaws are further than
North vancouver’s, but they do not have the mechanisms to
be policed or managed to make sure that tenant evictions are not
performed closer to the winter games. In addition, prices for
Vancouver 2010 rental accommodation do not align between the property
owners’ asking price of $700/night for 2 bedroom suites
with vacationers and renters who propose around $500/night on
average for the same suite. Tenants will always have rights and
according to the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, if you are
evicted for Olympic rentals, you can definitely file for a complaint/breach
of the residential tenancy act.
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